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![The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says more than 70 percent of the Rohingya who have arrived in Indonesia in recent months are women and children. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5154-1706173996-1030x686.webp "The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says more than 70 percent of the Rohingya who have arrived in Indonesia in recent months are women and children. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]")
![Abdul Karim said his family ran out of drinking water towards the end of the journey, which exacerbated his wife’s illness. 'It is difficult to survive without her, with two little children,' he said. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5187-1706174010-1030x686.webp "Abdul Karim said his family ran out of drinking water towards the end of the journey, which exacerbated his wife’s illness. ‘It is difficult to survive without her, with two little children,’ he said. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![Nur Begum said she struggles to care for her son, who cannot walk. 'As he gets heavier, it’s harder for me to lift him when he needs to urinate or defecate,' she said. She told Al Jazeera she regrets her decision to come to Indonesia. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5196-1706174017-1030x687.webp "Nur Begum said she struggles to care for her son, who cannot walk. ‘As he gets heavier, it’s harder for me to lift him when he needs to urinate or defecate,’ she said. She told Al Jazeera she regrets her decision to come to Indonesia. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![The refugees sleep under tarpaulins and coconut trees, with little to shield them from the heat and rain. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5135-1706173959-1030x686.webp "The refugees sleep under tarpaulins and coconut trees, with little to shield them from the heat and rain. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN Geneva Convention on refugees. The country's foreign ministry has reiterated that the root cause of the surge of Rohingya refugees is the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5138-1706173976-1030x686.webp "Indonesia is not a signatory to the UN Geneva Convention on refugees. The country’s foreign ministry has reiterated that the root cause of the surge of Rohingya refugees is the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![These fishermen live in a village that includes the same beach where the refugees are sheltering temporarily. 'If I see more Rohingya at sea, I will tell them to leave. We won’t allow them to disembark,' one fisherman said. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5209-1706174033-1030x686.webp "These fishermen live in a village that includes the same beach where the refugees are sheltering temporarily. ‘If I see more Rohingya at sea, I will tell them to leave. We won’t allow them to disembark,’ one fisherman said. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
!['I saw many videos about the Rohingya on social media. They get to eat nice food. But if we don’t work, we don’t get to eat,' one Acehnese woman said. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5201-1706174025-1030x686.webp "‘I saw many videos about the Rohingya on social media. They get to eat nice food. But if we don’t work, we don’t get to eat,’ one Acehnese woman said. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
!['We are helpless. Our land and home were taken from us. We came here to seek peace as we have experienced nothing but pain all our lives,' Romakto, a mother of three, said. 'When students attacked us, I was scared they might kill my children.' [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5076-1706173944-1030x686.webp "‘We are helpless. Our land and home were taken from us. We came here to seek peace as we have experienced nothing but pain all our lives,’ Romakto, a mother of three, said. ‘When students attacked us, I was scared they might kill my children.’ [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![Late last year, a group of university students stormed a car park where Rohingya refugees were sheltering, demanding their deportation and forcing the group out of the shelter and onto trucks. Video of the incident showed the students screaming and burning tyres, while the Rohingya children cried with fear. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5070-1706173937-1030x686.webp "Late last year, a group of university students stormed a car park where Rohingya refugees were sheltering, demanding their deportation and forcing the group out of the shelter and onto trucks. Video of the incident showed the students screaming and burning tyres, while the Rohingya children cried with fear. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![Across temporary shelters in Aceh, most Rohingya parents told Al Jazeera they only left Bangladesh for the sake of their children’s futures. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5148-1706173989-1030x686.webp "Across temporary shelters in Aceh, most Rohingya parents told Al Jazeera they only left Bangladesh for the sake of their children’s futures. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![Human Rights Watch has called on Indonesian authorities to investigate the spread of hate, disinformation and misinformation against the Rohingya online. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSCF5146-1706173982-1030x686.webp "Human Rights Watch has called on Indonesian authorities to investigate the spread of hate, disinformation and misinformation against the Rohingya online. [Jessica Washington /Al Jazeera]")
![Formin’s husband Toyob left Bangladesh first, as the couple witnessed increasing violence in the camps and feared he would become a victim of it. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/formin-family-1691914544-1030x687.webp "Formin’s husband Toyob left Bangladesh first, as the couple witnessed increasing violence in the camps and feared he would become a victim of it. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]")
![Formin gave birth to Mohammad in a hospital in Aceh. “People in this country have taken great care of me,” she said. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/baby-mohammad-1691914454-1030x687.webp "Formin gave birth to Mohammad in a hospital in Aceh. “People in this country have taken great care of me,” she said. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]")
![The family of four lives in this room at the temporary shelter in Pidie. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]](https://jessica.awbalidigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Formin-room-1691914555-1030x687.webp "The family of four lives in this room at the temporary shelter in Pidie. [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]")
